Combination clothes hanger and trousers creaser



July 24, 1923. 1 $163,003

E. V. BOWE COMBINATI ON CLOTHES EANGER AND TROUSERS CREASER Filed March 20. 1922 INVENTOR. Ebmwep Eon E.

ATTORNEY Patented July 24, 1923.

UNITED STATES EDWARD v. '13own, or SAN DIEG0, CALIFR1\TI,A.

COMBINATION CLOTHES HANGER AND TROUSERS CREASER.

Application filed March 20,

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known .that EDWARD V. Bows, a subject of the King of England, residing at San Diego, in the county of San Diego and State of California, hasinvented certain new and useful Combination Clothes Hangers and Trousers Creasers, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates toa combined trousers creaser and clothes hanger and the objects of my invention are: first, to provide a novel and efiicient means for creasing trousers; second, to providea device of this class which will crease the trousers with a minimum amount of attention, labor and expense; third, to-provide a device .of this class by which. newly creased trousers can be had each morning; fourth, to provide a v device of this class which is adaptable to all sizes of trousers without unnecessary adjustment; fifth, to provide a device of this class which inherently keeps the trousers stretched and pressed; sixth, to provide a device of this class which can be folded up into asmall compact parcel and conveniently carried in a suitcase orthe like; seventh, to provide a device of this class which provides a convenient trousers and coat hanger; eighth, to provide a novelly constructed trousers creaser and coat hanger, and ninth, to provide adevice of this class which is very simple and economical of construction, .durable, easy to operate and which will not readily deteriorate or get out of order.

With these and other objects in view as will appear hereinafter my 'inventitonconsists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangementof parts and portions as will be hereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in the appended claims reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the characters of reference thereon which form a .part of this application in which: 7 1

Figure l is a front elevational view of my device with a pair of trousers clamped therein and with one section opened up showing the operation of the trousers supports; Fig. '2 is a side elevational view thereof showing by dotted lines the operation of folding up my device; Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail end view of a fragmentary portion of my device showing by solid and dotted lines various operative positions thereof; Fig. 4 is a rear elevational View of the device folded up;

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i 1922. Serial No. 545,079.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary elevational view of a modification of my device showing an-L other means of hanging a coat thereon; Fig. 6 is a rear elevational View of'the modified form of my device folded up and Fig. 7 is an elevational View taken at a.,iright angle thereto.

Like characters of reference refer to similar parts and portions throughout thesevefal views of the drawings.

The stationary supports 1, movable sup-' ports 2, creasing members 3 and 4:, hinges .5, tension members 6 and'7, handle members .8, links 9, and the hanger l0 constituteathe principal parts and portions of my device in form.

My device consists of two units of substantiallystationary support members 1 secured, together by hinges 5, each unit'bei-ng shiftably mounted relatively ,toeachother at one end thereofon the hanger 10. Each stationary or support member '1 is provide'd with an oppositely disposed movable member 2, movable relatively to said stationary support member. Said support members 1 and 2 are provided with creasing members 8 and a respectively secured thereto in a suitable manner and adjacent each other. when in operative position andconsists refcrab-1y of strips of soft wood capab e of absorbing moisture from the dampened portions of the trousers. Said creasing members are provided with means for permitting the excess of water or moisture to escape and by the same means permitting air to .come

into contact with the moistened portion of thetrousers and may consist of grooves 8" and P extending transversely across the inside faces of said creasing member-s. Each pair of support members 1 and 2 are provided with U-shaped tension -members6 and 7 respectively, the former being permanently secured in the member l,-while athelatter is recip'rocably mounted. transversely "in the member ,2. Said tension members arepi'votally and eccentrically mounted in the handle member 8. A link 9 is provided on each leg of each-pair ,of Ueshaped tension members adapted to take up. the-compression stresses due to the clamping of a trousers between the creasing members. manently secured tension member preferably bent outwardly or away from the opposite tension member 7 so'that the-link'Q' when shifted across the support members The -peror creasing members as shown best in Fig.

near the ends of the lower portion thereof adapted to receive the'two units of support members thereon at their normal upper ends and spread the opposite normal lower'ends apart to assume the position of the creased edges-of the inverted trousers clamped therebetween and stretch the same. Said units of support members are retained in saidspread position on said hanger by the clips 14 frictionally engaging the lower portion thereof.

It will be notedthat when my apparatus is folded up as shown bygdotted lines in Fig. 2 ofthe' drawings and also in Fig. 4 of the drawings that the hanger 10 is swung around about its lower portion andfits into i and is retained by the notches 2 in the normally lower movable support members. It will be also noted that a collar or stop 15 is secured on thelower portion of said hanger member to space the two units of'support members centrally thereon when folded up. so,

It will be further noted that by turning the'handle' 8 counter-clockwise as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings thereby turning the upper edge of the handle 8 inwardly toward the supporting members, and since the tension members :6 and 7l'are mounted eccentrically therein and since the tension member 7 is mounted reciprocably in the movable support member'2, said tension member 7 will beshifted transversely with respect to the movable support member 2. The tension member 7 being also shifted from the position shown by A to the position shown by B will relieve the tension on the link 9 permitting the same to be shifted from its position indicated by A tothe position indicated by B. It will be further noted that after the handle is shifted from the position A to the position B as shown in Fig.3 of the drawings, the movable support member 2 may readily beshifted or moved about the end of the tension. member 6 mounted in said handle 8 so that said sup- .port member'2 with its'creasing member 4 will be moved from and clear the support member 11 and its corresponding creasing member 3, taking with it the tensionmember 7 .mounted therein and the handle 8,

assuming respectively the positions-C and C. The'link 9 will be automatically shifted from the position 13" to- C as shown in the drawings.

' In the modified form of my device shown in Figs. 5, G and 7 of the drawings, I have provided the hanger llwith inwardly extended portions 11*. Mounted on said hanger 11 at the inwardly extended portions thereof is a channel shaped member 12 slightly shiftable thereon, and extending some distance outwardly from said mounting. Elongated U-shaped coat hanger members 13 are pivotally mounted in the flange portions of the extended portions of said channel member 12. The rear portion of the U-shaped hanger member 13 is provided at the end projecting through the channel member 12 with a loop portion 13 adapted to catch under one leg of, the ,U-shaped creasing members 7 when the device is folded up as shown best in Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings and retain the device in said fold.-

ed up position. The hanger members 13 are curved outwardly at their end 13 to ,conform with the curvature of the coat lines.

Though I have shown and'des'cribed 'a particular construction,combination and arrangement of parts and portions and a. certain modification thereof I do not wish .to be limited to this particular construction,:com-

bination and arrangement nor to the modifications thereof but-desire to include in the scope of my invention the construction, combination and arrangement substantially as set forth in the appended claims. i

Having thus described my invention what 5 I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: Y

1. In a device of the class described, a hanger member, creasing members, shiftably mounted on the lower portion of said hanger member, other creasing members oppositely disposed to said former creasing members and movable therewith, a handle, tension members secured in each of said oppositely disposed creasing members at one end and pivotally and eccentrically mounted in said handle at the other end andmeans in connection with said tension membersadapted to secure said creasing members in clamped position with each other.

2. In a device of the class described, creasing members hinged at their ends with each. 1

3. In a device of the class described, creasing members hinged at their ends with each other, a clothes hanger. member shiftably mounted with respect to the free ends of, one

of said'creasing' members, other creasing members oppositely disposedto and movable with respect to said former creasing members, tension members secured to each of said oppositely disposed members adapted to provide variable and flexible mea'ns. for clamping said creasing members with each creasing members at one end and pivotally and eccentrically mounted in said handle in the other end and means secured on said handle member adapted to receive said oppositely disposed creasing members in vari able and flexible clamped position with each other.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at San Diego, California, this 11th day of March, 1922. v

EDWARD V. BOWE. 

